Herbert syrett



H. SYRETT.

FOLDING GRILL AND APPURTEN ANCES. APPLICATION FILED mac. 6. 1918..

/flan iegs I Patented July 8, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFiiIoE.

HERBERT SYRETT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ronnine GRILL AND Arrmrmmncns.

citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, New York, have invented a certain new and useful Folding Grill and Appurtenances, of which. the following is a specification. T C

The general object of the invention 1s to provide a foldable'grill of exceedingly light and compact form, intended principally for the use of soldiers and campers. To attain this general object in an improved .way, the

body of the cooking surface of the grill is made jointed and foldable, and the legsare also made jointed and foldable. In. conjunction vwith the-grill proper, a case is provided to hold itcompactly, and a special implement, which may be a fork, for ex ample, is provided, having a part especially designed to engage and manipulate the grill.

The accompanying drawing shows one exemplifying embodiment of the invention,

and after considering this it will be evident that the invention may be embodied in other forms, and I do not limit myself to details, except as claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the grill set up, or unfolded, for cooking;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the for or other special handling implement.

The grill is formed principally, of flat strips of suitable metal, such as, cold rolled steel. The top or cooking surface of the grill whenrset up for cooking is defined by a foldable frame consisting substantially of the and members A and ,B and the intermediate side members 1C. The end meinbersA and- Bare of approximate U-shape, and'the side portions 1 of the member A and the side portions 2 of the member B are piv otally cpnnected to the ends" of the intermediate side members C by studs or rivets 3. To increase the compactness of the de- -transverse members 5,

' 1 Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Application filed December 6, 1918. Serial 110,265,531.

the parts together. Adjacent to the side members, the bars 5 which form parts of. the sections A and C of the grill are provided with. notches 7 extending from the bottom of those bars approximately half way to the top. The side members C are provided with notches "8 extending upward from the bottom approximatelyhalf way to the top, and, the side members 2 of member B are provided with similar notches 9,-and with top notches 10, extending downward from the top approximately half Way to the bottom. When the grill "is folded, the section B swings down and then-up underneath the section C. The notches 9 then cooperate with notches .7 of the bars 5 of section G permitting the side members 2 and G to'lie close' together ,side-by-side. swings down and then up under sections B section .A interfit -with notches 8 .of side Section A and C, and the notches 7 bf the bars 5 of members (Land-10 of side members 2. Since the side members 1 ofvsection A lie outside Y of the other side members when folded, they do not need to be notched and since the bars 5 of section B do vnot cross the side members of any other section of the frame,

they jdo not need to be notched.

Legs, usually four i; number, are provided to support the grill over a fire or flame. These are preferably 'also' made of similar sheetmetal strips. Legs D are more conveniently made alike, and the legs E alike, but each different from the legs D in certain espects, and one leg D and one leg E isplaced at each end of the grill. Each of the legs- D and E comprises an upper part 11, a lower part 12, andthe'se are pivoted together at 13; and a stop 14 is also provided at the pivot to limit the opening movement. The upper parts 11 are alsopivoted 'to the .end .members B and A, .re- .spectively,'at.'15, and stops 16 and 17 are provided adjacent tothe pivots 15'to limit theopening and closing movements of the legs. Adjacent to pivots 15, the lower leg members 12 are provided with notches 18, and the upper leg membefs 11 are provided with notches 19 adjacent to notches 15, these notches being respectively to accommodate the stops or studs 14 and 17 when the legs are folded. v

The upper members 11 of legs E are preferably provided with an offset portion adj acent to their upper ends produced by the douhlebends 20;' while the upper members 11 of legs D may be left straight. By this arrangement when the legs are folded, the leg D folds with it members close together and close to the end frame member of the grill, while owing to the offset produced by curves 20 the legs E fold so that their members are close together and lie close to and inwardly from the legs D. i

For convenience in handling the grill or the utensils, or both, especially when they are hot, a special implement F is, desirably, provided consisting in thisinstance of a fork having at the end of the handle, remote from the tines, projections or prongs, usually three in number, of which the prongs 22 are in line with each other, and the prong 23 is in a plane removed from that of prongs 22, but is located between them in respect to a plane in line with the axis of the implement. his provides spacing of the tines such that they may grasp between them the members of the grill or utensils adapted to be used with it. A convenient way of producing the prongs 22 and 23 consists, as shown, of slitting the end of the implement and bending the prongs up intothe position shown. The implement F is conveniently and preferably made from the same material as the parts of the grill and when so made it packs very compactly and conveniently with the grill. 7

To hold the legs in proper position when the grill is set up, and to stiifen and brace the whole structure, braces B are provided, each comprising two members, 25 and 26, hinge-jointed at 27 Stops 28 are provided, to limit the movement of the members 25, 26, when the braces are straightened out. At the free end of eachmember is a notch, or slot 29, adapted to fit a pin 30 on one of the leg-members 11. The braces are applied to the legs in a way which is obvious in Fig. l, and when the grill is folded, the braces are removed and folded, and may then be packed in with the grill.

In some cases, the braces might each be attached permanently at one end to one of the leg members. i

A foldable grill comprising U-shaped end members, straight intermediate side members each of which is pivoted at one end insideof and at the other end outside of the arts of the end members, means for limitng the unfolding movement of the pivoted parts, will bars connecting the side members, f0 ding legs at the corners of the grill, and foldable leg braces, each brace comprising two hinged members, a stop to hold the members in line when extended, and notches near the free ends of the members to engage pins on members of two of the legs at the same end of the top.

HERBERT SYRETT. 

